News     Newsletters   To subscribe to the newsletter email support@testgrid.com adding "Subscribe to Newsletter" in the subject line. News    Monash University and AIM Research into Managerial Effectiveness. What are your strengths as a manager? What are your biggest areas for improvement? Take part in this research and find out! Click here to find out more...   Personality Plus "I was disappointed to read Robert Spillane's 'And Another Thing' (March 25) lambasting personality testing. Does he want us to return to the dark old days when work culture was controlled by small groups of men in old-style organisations, where employees became institutionalised and their expectations and behaviours mirrored those of their immediate managers?" E Read more   This letter was published in Sunday Life Magazine, 22 April 2007       Quick tips to help you save time while screening applications   Job applications can take far longer than they should to assess, so here are some quick tips from a career consultant on how to speed up the process. Plus, here are some applicant "scams" you might want to look out for   E Read more   This article was reproduced with permission from Recruiter Daily www.recruiterdaily.com.au       Trotting out the same old, same old   Why did the journalist in her article "Cheats make light work of psych tests" (Tues 13 March, page 1) feel obliged to roll out the same old chestnuts (Bob Spillane) and a critique of the same old test instruments?   E Read more     A single assessment platform....now a reality!   2006 has been a great year for TG with the accumulation of more product than we've ever held. International psychometric assessment company, Saville Consulting, is the latest in a long line of publishers to include their assessment products on the rapidly expanding TG platform.   We are fast realising our vision of being the platform for best of breed psychometric assessments for the HR industry - in essence a true one-stop assessment shop for HR professionals. Please read our November media release "Single Assessment Platform"   Psychometric tests help to keep staff "..for psychometric testing to be fully accepted by the community, it must be shown to benefit job applicants as well as employers, by helping job seekers understand what they are suited for, and by minimising the number of people who find themselves in appropriate jobs, effectively underemployed. A new research study has established that there is a direct link between certain personality types and the retention of customer service personnel." E Read the full article published in THE AGE Human Resources in 2006 section, Sept 2, 2006